Donald Trump claims new deal with Iran 'far better' than Obama-era agreement
Even as tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, with Tehran stating that it does not intend to attend the scheduled talks in Pakistan, President Donald Trump is confident that a deal will soon be signed. Trump said Monday that his administration is working on a deal that would be better than the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, signed during the Obama era.
Posting on Truth Social, President Trump claimed that the Obama administration gave Iran $1.7 billion, which was "green cash," which they had loaded onto a Boeing 757 and "flown to Iran for the Iranian leadership to spend anyway they saw fit." According to the President, that money was taken from banks in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. "Those Bankers said they’ve never seen anything like it before," he said.
Justifying his decision to pull the U.S. out of the Iran Nuclear Deal during his first term as president, Trump said, "If I did not terminate that ‘Deal,' Nuclear Weapons would have been used on Israel, and all over the Middle East, including our cherished U.S. Military Bases. The Obama-era deal, signed in July 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China, and Germany), along with the European Union, provided sanctions relief to Iran after Tehran agreed to cap its uranium enrichment at 3.67%.
"If a Deal happens under 'TRUMP,' it will guarantee Peace, Security, and Safety, not only for Israel and the Middle East, but for Europe, America, and everywhere else," Trump said as he lashed out at media publications that have been critical of Trump's claims of having won the Iran war. "The Fake News, like Lightweight Washington Post "Journalist" David Ignatius, loves to talk about the JCPOA, knowing that it was DANGEROUS, and a Complete Embarrassment to our Country," he wrote in his post.
In a subsequent post, Trump expressed his frustration with Democrats as well, saying that they "are doing everything possible to hurt the very strong position we are in with respect to Iran." Trump said that while he does not want to rush through the deal, "it will all happen very quickly." "Time is not my adversary, the only thing that matters is that we finally, after 47 years, straighten out the MESS that other Presidents let happen because they didn't have the Courage or Foresight to do what had to be done with respect to Iran. We're in it, and it will be done RIGHT, and we won't let the Weak and Pathetic Democrats, TRAITORS ALL, who for years have been talking about the Dangers of Iran, and that something has to be done, but now, since I’m the one doing it, belittle the accomplishments of our Military and the Trump Administration," the President wrote.
